A MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDER WAS CARRIED OUT BY THE CALAVERAS COUNTY SHERIFFS’ OFFICE AT 11:00 P.M. AFTER EROSION OF THE DAM AT PEACHTREE POND WAS DISCOVERED. THE PEACHTREE POND, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY THREE ACRES IN SIZE AND 12 FEET DEEP, IS LOCATED IN THE LA CONTENTA AREA OF VALLEY SPRINGS. THE FOLLOWING AREAS WERE EVACUATED:

• PEACHTREE COURT

• PINE VALLEY COURT

• BLUE HERON COURT

• LA CONTENTA DRIVE FROM BLUE HERON COURT TO VISTA DEL LAGO DRIVE

• VISTA DEL LAGO DRIVE

• GROUSE DRIVE

• TOYON COURT

• HUCKLEBERRY LANE FROM VISTA DEL LAGO TO ANTONOVICH ROAD

AN EMERGENCY SHELTER HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY CALAVERAS WORKS AND HUMAN SERVICES AND THE AMERICAN RED CROSS AT THE VETERANS HALL AT 198 PINE STREET, VALLEY SPRINGS, 209-772-9650.

RESIDENTS NEEDING SANDBAGS MAY PICK THEM UP AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:

• THE GOVERNMENT CENTER IN SAN ANDREAS

• THE PUBLIC WORKS YARD AT MILTON ROAD AND BALDWIN STREET IN JENNY LIND.

• FOOTHILL FIRE STATIONON HIGHWAY 12 IN VALLEY SPRINGS.

ROAD CLOSURES:

• SILVER RAPIDS, PETTINGER ROAD, MESSING ROAD, CLOSED

• CHILE CAMP ROAD FLOODED BUT PASSABLE WITH CAUTION

• DIAMOND XX OFF HORSESHOE FLOODED

COSGROVE CREEK HAS OVERFLOWED ITS BANKS CAUSING FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY SPRINGS AREA. SEARCH AND RESCUE PERSONNEL ARE ASSISTING THE CALAVERAS COUNTY SHERIFFS’ DEPARTMENT WITH EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS.

MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING WITHIN THE COUNTY.

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